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"The brain's still out there really. I'm still a bit wobbly, I'm certainly not firm on the ground, but the body feels really good and it's just incredible to be able to move around in space, considering I've been living in a metre by a metre."

The first thing he did when he got back on land, after devouring two hot pies, was to have a shave for the first time in over two months.

"The beard came off in the hospital, I couldn't stand it. I would have got rid of it ages ago if I had the opportunity. I don't know how guys do it, I really don't."

The disappointment of not completing his journey was yet to sink in, but he remained philosophical.

"It will probably grind me a bit later but at the end of the day there's nothing I could have done to get here. If I couldn't do it then I couldn't do it."

He was yet to consider making another attempt at the journey, which no-one has completed.